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3,000-Year-Old Pottery Reveals Trade Networks in Australia Long Before Colonization

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3,000-Year-Old Pottery Reveals Trade Networks in Australia Long Before Colonization Archaeologists excavating on Jiigurru/Lizard Island off the Queensland coast have unearthed the oldest pottery ever found in Australia. The find is highly significant because it challenges the idea that Aboriginal Australian communities were unaware of pottery manufacture before European settlement. The ceramics were unearthed during an … Read more

5,000-year-old mother goddess found in İzmir’s most ancient settlement

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5,000-year-old mother goddess found in İzmir’s most ancient settlement A Mother Goddess statuette, determined to be 5 thousand years old, was found during the excavations carried out in the Yeşilova Mound (Yeşilova Höyük) in the Bornova district, which contains the ruins of the oldest settlement in Izmir. The mound dates back to 8,500 years. The mound that is being … Read more

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Step Pyramid Dedicated to Horse Cult in Kazakhstan

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Archaeologists Discover Ancient Step Pyramid Dedicated to Horse Cult in Kazakhstan Alarge Bronze Age pyramid has been discovered in Kazakhstan, the country’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education reports. The structure—which dates back to the 2nd millennium BC—is unlike anything that has been found in the Eurasian steppes before—and may have been linked to an ancient … Read more

4,000-Year-Old Stonehenge-like Sanctuary Unearthed in the Netherlands

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4,000-Year-Old Stonehenge-like Sanctuary Unearthed in the Netherlands Dutch archaeologists have unearthed an approximately 4,000-year-old religious site – nicknamed the “Stonehenge of the Netherlands” – that includes a burial mound that served as a solar calendar. The mound, which contained the remains of about 60 men, women and children, had several passages through which the sun shone … Read more

Ancient Quartz Tools Unearthed in Canada

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Ancient Quartz Tools Unearthed in Canada Archeologists have uncovered a cache of artifacts near Ottawa that could shed new light on trade and communication networks between Indigenous communities thousands of years ago. The discovery last month in Lac Philippe, Que., included about 50 pieces of rare quartz tools, which suggest that Indigenous peoples may have inhabited the … Read more

Buddha Statue Found In Egypt Points To Trade Ties With Ancient India

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Buddha Statue

Buddha Statue Found In Egypt Points To Trade Ties With Ancient India An ancient statue of Buddha has been discovered in the seaport of Berenice in Egypt, shedding further light on the trade links between India and Egypt during the period of Roman rule. The statue is believed to date back to the second century BC. … Read more

New DNA study reveals African and Asian ancestry on the Swahili Coast

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Swahili coast

New DNA study reveals African and Asian ancestry on the Swahili Coast People living on the ‘Swahili coast’ – the Indian Ocean coast of eastern Africa – have African and Asian ancestry according to new research on ancient DNA. Archaeologists believe that the results, based on finds from excavations, including those directed by  Professor Stephanie … Read more